ALLEGRA HITS THE WEST END
JUST ANNOUNCED Following a slew of 5-star rave reviews on tour across the UK
national treasure DAME MAUREEN LIPMAN will return to the WEST END in Allegra the smash-hit new comedy by two-time Olivier Award® nominated playwright Peter Quilter.
Directed & Choreographed by three-time Olivier Award® winner STEPHEN MEAR
Featuring: john middleton, elizabeth bower, and bailey patrick.
“a delightfully surreal comedy – very highly recommended”
Allegra (Maureen Lipman) is full of joy. So much of it that she cannot stop herself from bursting into song. At home, in the street, even in shops and restaurants. Sometimes the music is only a fantasy in her head. But at other times, it results in a loud and disruptive performance that causes chaos in the village where she lives. Allegra’s brother, Ronen, and her carer, Anna, must somehow control her eccentricities and avoid angry visits by the local policeman. But is this possible without destroying the great happiness that fills Allegra’s heart?
“There is nothing like a dame when that dame is maureen lipman!”
Allegra is a moving comedy with spectacular song and dance sequences, but is also a touching and emotional examination of how, sometimes, the most beautiful of minds can start to disappear.
Allegra is produced by:Thomas Hopkins SAMS EntertainmentBradford & Melissa Coolidge Trunfio-McGill“a supremely gorgeous show of joy and hope and a lot of heart in these dark times”